wild
Rose hips
Rosa multiflora (and garden roses)
Winter vitamin C tea. Tart, good with honey.
- Part used
- Frost-softened hips. Strain the inner hairs.
- Gather
- After the first hard frost. Fencerows of multiflora are everywhere — invasive, useful.
- Tea
- 1 Tbsp crushed hips, simmer 10 minutes, strain through cloth. The hairs itch the gut if you skip the cloth.
- Tincture
- Other
- Jam, same straining rule.
Do not plant multiflora. Use what is already a thicket.
Open field plateRecipes
Rose hip tea
After frost, from the fencerow you already hate. Vitamin C and a tart evening cup.